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From WWNO in New Orleans and WRKF in Baton Rouge, you're listening to Louisiana Considered.

I'm Sarah Hennigan.

On the show today, a new analysis from researchers at Harvard and Stanford finds Orleans Parish students are making some of the biggest academic strides in the country.

Thank you so much for having me.

Great to be here, Sarah.

From WWNO in New Orleans and WRKF in Baton Rouge, you're listening to Louisiana Considered.

I'm Sarah Hennigan.

Black contributions to American roots music runs deep, from the blues and gospel to country, folk, and bluegrass.

From WRKF in Baton Rouge and WWNO in New Orleans, you're listening to Louisiana Considered.

I'm Karen Henderson.

On today's show, we head to the West Baton Rouge Museum to learn about geological efforts to recover Black American family trees.

I appreciate your time.

Come visit us anytime.

From WRKF in Baton Rouge and WWNO in New Orleans, you're listening to Louisiana Considered.

I'm Karen Henderson.

As part of its quarterly series on genealogy, the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen is offering a workshop next month on the recovery of black American family history.

My guests on Out to Lunch today have been Shea Claiborne, founder and CEO of Milestone Mate, and chef Ashwin Vilku, owner and executive chef at The Kingsway.

We edited this show to fit into the time slot here on WWNO.

You can hear our unedited conversation and find out more about Shea's app and Ashwin's restaurant online By listening to the Out to Lunch podcast, you can find and subscribe to the Out to Lunch podcast on your podcast app and on our website, itsneworlands.com.

If you want to know what we all look like, you can find photos from this show on itsneworlands.com and on our Out to Lunch social media.

These photos were taken today by Jill LaFleur.

You can find more of Jill's photos at lafleurfoto.com. Out to Lunch is a production of INO Broadcasting for itsneworlands.com and WWNO.org. 89.9 FM.

The producer of our show is Grant Morris.

Our technical producer is Eric Merle and our researcher is Amy Irvin.

From WWNO in New Orleans and WRKF in Baton Rouge, you're listening to Louisiana Considered.

I'm Alana Schreiber.

On the show today, it's the 40th anniversary of the Baton Rouge Interfaith Federation, a nonprofit that brings people of different faiths together to educate and support the community.

And that itself is sufficient.

So,

From WWNO in New Orleans and WRKF in Baton Rouge, you've been listening to Louisiana Considered.

This episode was hosted by Report for America Corps member Alex Cox.

Thanks to our guests, Ma'at Latham, current executive director of the Federation, Reverend Robin McCulloch Boddy, an ordained minister and former director of the Federation, Brother Fred, also known as Winn Ahn, a monk at the Tambau Meditation Center, and Joel Goldman, retired veterinarian and Hebrew teacher.

Thank you.

From WRKF in Baton Rouge and WWNO in New Orleans, you're listening to Louisiana Considered.

I'm Bob Pavlov.

We're still in the midst of hurricane season in Louisiana, and in New Orleans, community groups are constantly brainstorming ways to keep us better prepared for storms.

The Gulf States Newsroom is a partnership among public radio stations in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

From WRKF and WWNO, this is Louisiana Considered.

I'm Adam Voss.

Artificial intelligence has certainly exploded recently, and it's a rapidly changing technology topic.

From WRKF in Baton Rouge and WWNO in New Orleans, you're listening to Louisiana Considered.

I'm Karen Henderson.

On today's show, we learn how cuts to Medicare are impacting patients in need of proper wound care throughout the state.

Without this essential treatment, patients are left vulnerable and more likely to develop conditions like sepsis.

Dr. William Tettelbach, president of the American Professional Wound Care Association, recently wrote a column about this issue in the Times-Picayune.

He spoke with WWNO's Sarah Hennigan for more.

So in your essay, you describe a shortage of wound care across the state.

How did this deficiency begin?